Frank Corbett Welch was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 exporter, farmer, horticulturist, and Senator.

Born Port Greville, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, he owned and operated his own fruit farm for forty years. He was also president of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Association for ten years. He served on the town council of Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Wolfville is a small town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. As of 2006, the population was 3,772....

 for fifteen years and was deputy mayor for ten of them. In 1962, he was summoned to the Canadian senate representing the senatorial division of King's, Nova Scotia. A Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

, he resigned on his 75th birthday in 1975.

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